Marcy's Complete
Book List
TITLE/BRIEF DESCRIPTION
ACT IT OUT! LOGIC FOR YOUNG THINKERS 72
logic problems to determine proper placement of items from teacher
provided clues; ideal for starters or center activities for independent
task time $15.00
ALGEBRAIC CLUES: ESTIMATION & COMMUNICATION
40 pages for estimation of visualized circles followed by
20 activities for working with a partner to establish the actual
number; algebraic clues are given to assist in determining the
value of the unknowns; ideal for starters $15.00
ALGEBRAIC COMMUNICATING WITH TILES 78
activities for students to form a list of numbers utilizing tiles
0 through 9 by listening to and/or reading algebraic clues; each
listing involves 1, 2, or 3 unknowns; ideal for mental math $15.00
ASSESSING MATH UNDERSTANDING AND
CONCEPTS performance, application, and mathematical
abstraction tasks for 30 concepts such as factors, multiples,
graphs, square numbers, area, perimeter; ideal for assessment
$15.00
BASIC GAMES, BOOK A 40
games to drill and practice the basic addition and subtraction
facts; ideal for centers for independent task time $15.00
BASIC GAMES, BOOK B 36 games to drill and practice
the basic multiplication and division facts; ideal for centers
for independent task time $15.00
BEAR BALANCING & BEANSTICKS
20 bear balancing activities for doing equations as
a balance, and 20 beanstick activities for equation writing $15.00
BEGINNING WEIGHT LOGIC numerous activities
for combining basic addition and subtraction fact practice with
reasoning; if...then...talk to reveal individual weight values
for apples, oranges and/or bananas; ideal for starters $15.00
BULLETIN BOARDS THAT COUNT 72 ideas for numbers
and shapes bulletin boards with questions utilizing mathematical
vocabulary and concepts $15.00
CHARTING THE UNKNOWNS 57 activites
for finding the possible values of two unknowns when a total
has been given; utilization of the guess and check strategy combined
with seeing a pattern and keeping an organized chart of values;
ideal for starters $15.00
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION: NUMBERS FOR A
REASON 48 warm up and 48 main activities for classifying
8 given numbers into 2 groups for a mathematical reason; ideal
for starters $15.00
CLUES & CUES: COOPERATIVE PROBLEM
SOLVING 90 cooperative math experiences for groups of
4; focus on building numbers, forming rectangles, and problem
solving encounters $15.00
COLOR IT ON THE HUNDRED CHART 80
sets of directions using vocabulary of more/less, before/after/between,
plus and minus to color designs on the hundred chart; ideal for
starters or centers for independent task time $15.00
COLOR IT ON THE HUNDRED CHART, BOOK 2 80 sets
of directions using place value, multiplication, division, fractions,
and exponents to color designs on the hundred chart; ideal for
starters or centers for independent task time $15.00
COMMUNICATING WITH TILES 90 activities utilizing
mathematics vocabulary and concepts; intended to deal with mathematics
as a language: listening, forming numbers, and communicating
orally; ideal for starters $15.00
CONTRASTING FACTS: COOPERATIVE TRIVIA STARTERS 50
cooperative experiences for guessing about a real life situation
and then refining estimates on the basis of mathematical vocabulary/concepts;
ideal for starters $15.00
COOP THINKING cooperative starters, mental math
and pursuit problems plus trio tiling activities $15.00
COUNT & PLACE: SIDES & SHAPES
36 placement starting activities with a circle, a square,
and a triangle, plus 40 independent task time activities using
specified pattern blocks to build polygons with a particular
number of sides; ideal for starters and centers for independent
task time $15.00
COVER IT DAILY ON THE HUNDRED CHART, BOOK 1 100
activities where students cover specified numbers (such as even
numbers less then 20) on their hundred chart; ideal for starters
$15.00
COVER IT DAILY ON THE HUNDRED CHART, BOOK 2 100
activities where students cover specified numbers by using concepts/skills
such as sums, differences, products and place value; ideal for
starters $15.00
CRACK THE CODE, BOOK A 180 daily problems including
alphabet and symbol codes plus 36 pages of progression challenges;
ideal for stumper problems $15.00
CRACK THE CODE, BOOK B 180 daily problems including
alphabet and symbol codes plus 36 pages of code deciphering;
ideal for stumper problems $15.00
CRAYON LOGIC 80 activities for an introduction to if...then...
reasoning by finding the proper placement for colors with numbers;
20 activities with 3 colors, 20 activities with 4 colors, 20
activities with 5 colors, and 20 activities with 6 colors; ideal
for starters $15.00
CREATE A NUMBER 72 problem solving problems with numerous
number solutions; ideal for home pursuits $15.00
CRISS CROSS SHOWINGS FOR MULTIPLICATION 90 actvities which
use criss cross multiplication models as visualizations of rectangular
arrays for showing and estimating multiplication products and
multiplication fact equations; ideal for starters $15.00
DEALING WITH DOMINOES I activities with double
six and double nine dominoes to drill basic arithmetic concepts
and operations such as addition, subtraction, and multiplication;
ideal for centers for independent task time $15.00
DEALING WITH DOMINOES II puzzle like activities utilizing
a double six set of dominoes; ideal for centers for independent
task time $15.00
DETECTIVE/PROBLEM SOLVER 36 pages of word problems to
be done with the detective communicating the problem to the problem
solver and 36 pages of spatial designs to encourage mathematical
communication skills $15.00
DO TALK IT OVER 72 cooperative, manipulative math experiences
for small groups of students to discuss; ideal for starters
DOMINO ALGEBRA 20 two-page spreads as algebra
experiences utilizing double six dominoes, including recording
algebra equations; ideal for centers for independent task time
$15.00
DUO DO DOMINOES 40 primary tasks for counting and problem
solving using a set of double six dominoes; ideal for centers
for independent task time $15.00
EARLY COMMUNICATING WITH TILES 45 activities
with listing all ten tiles by hearing and speaking the language
of mathematics and 45 tile placement activities for individual
or partner pursuit; ideal for starters $15.00
EARLY SKILLBOARD MATH 24 different skillboards and numerous
pages of pictures and verbal clues covering concepts such as
before, after, more, less, greater than, and between; ideal for
starters $15.00
ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA EXPERIENCES algebra experiences utilizing
3 different variables where students talk algebra talk and write
algebra equations; beansticks are utilized for the activities
$15.00
FIND THE NUMBERS AND WORDS 104 activities for locating
numbers on the hundred chart, writing questions for answers,
and writing in mathematics; ideal for starters $15.00
FIND THE X TILE 100 activities discovering the value of
X by listening to mathematical vocabulary clues & eliminating
numbers until only one single-digit number remains; ideal for
starters $15.00
FINDING X ...ALGEBRA BEGINNINGS 100 activities utilizing
math vocabulary and the problem strategy of elimination to determine
the value for X; ideal for starters $15.00
FOLLOW THE CLUES WITH TILES 90 cooperative problem solving
activites for groups of 4 involving reading clues, sharing information,
building numbers, and agreeing on a number which meets everyone's
criteria $15.00
FORM AN EQUATION 120 activites for creating balances by
utilizing designated digits to form equations: addition, subtraction,
multiplication, division, and mixed basic operations; ideal for
starters and/or stumpers $15.00
GEOMETRY LINE UP & BE ACCOUNTED FOR 40 activities
for placement of the 6 traditional pattern blocks using geometric
vocabulary and logical thinking; included are 2 sets of 20 tasks;
ideal for starters or centers for independent task time $15.00
GRAPHING GALORE 180 daily bar graph experiences
divided into weekly categories such as birthdays, clothes, name,
family $15.00
I HAVE 40 activities to be cut into 24 strips each for
computational skills, concepts and vocabulary such as place value,
money: change, fractional parts, reasonable possibility, angles;
ideal for classroom oral mental math or for centers for independent
task time $15.00
I HAVE: THE BASICS 52 activities to be cut into 24 strips
each for computational skill practice with addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division of whole numbers; ideal for classroom
oral mental math or for centers for independent task time $15.00
IF . . . THEN . . . THINK & THINK AGAIN 72 problem
solving activities involving if . . . then... reasoning, thinking
and logic; ideal for cooperative work with a partner $15.00
JUSTIFY YOUR THINKING 40 higher level thinking
problems to encourage generalizations and communication; ideal
for cooperative work with a partner $15.00
KNOW THE NUMBERS 90 total activites for finding two different
numbers which meet the given criteria; 30 activities for 2-digit
numbers, 30 for 3-digit numbers, and 30 for 4-digit numbers;
ideal for starters or centers for independent task time and for
working with a partner $15.00
LINKING LOGIC & GEOMETRY 72 cooperative problem
solving activities utilizing traditional pattern block shapes,
geometric concepts/vocabulary and logical reasoning skills $15.00
LOOK & LIST 100 activities for
forming a list of tiles numbered 0 through 9 from visualizations:
legs, dots, marbles, and sides $15.00
LOOK AND SHOW YOUR THINKING 100 number sense activities
using magnetic marbles, magnetic disks, geometric shapes, animals,
and coins on the overhead $15.00 MAGNETIC
KIT
LOOKING FOR RELATIONSHIPS 20 warm ups for seeing relationships
between numbers; 20 activities for observing related prices of
items and 20 activities for finding numerous ways to spend a
designated amount by using relationship thinking $15.00
MATH MODELS WITH MAGNETIC MATERIALS vocabulary/concept
clues and pictorial models for magnetic marbles and disks--expecially
useful for estimating quantities shown on the overhead $15.00
(The book is a $15.00 item and is seperate from the
magnetic kit.) MAGNETIC KIT (manipulative kit for use with the book; includes
magnetic wand, 40 magnetic marbles, and 100 colored disks. This
item is $16.00)
MATH STARTERS & STUMPERS think problems, estimates,
lines and signs to start your math period, plus 180 stumper problems
$15.00
MENTAL MATH WITH TILES & THE HUNDRED CHART "scripts"
for giving oral directions to students for mental math gymastics
-- where they can show the answer with tiles or have their fingers
pointing to numbers on the 100 chart $15.00
MIX AND MATCH NUMBERS 50 different
pictured actvities where students match quantitative amounts
0 through 9 with number tiles $15.00
MONEY LOGIC 100 reasoning activities involving the alignment
of U.S. valued coins; ideal for starters or center activities
$15.00
MORE STARTERS & STUMPERS 80 "quick responders"
& 120 "time takers" to provoke thought & to
challenge! $15.00
NUMBER SEARCH ON THE 100 CHART 72 activites
finding The Number by following clues -- and coloring
on the number chart; ideal for starters or center activities
$15.00
NUMBER SEARCH: 100 CHART, BOOK II 72 activities
finding The Number by following clues -- including vocabulary
such as multiples, divisible, prime, square numbers -- coloring
on the hundred chart; ideal for starters or center activities
$15.00
NUMBERS PLEASE! QUESTIONS PLEASE! 36 number
sense activities plus 36 double activities for "if the answer
is . . . what could the questions be?" $15.00
100 COOPERATIVE CHART EXPLORATIONS 100 activities for
double thinking, team coloring, and/or mental math with the hundred
chart; ideal for cooperative math experiences $15.00
PATTERN BLOCK DESIGNS: RELATIONSHIP THINKING 20 center
tasks for building congruent pattern block designs for whole
number values & 20 center tasks for building congruent pattern
block designs for common fractions $15.00
PICTURE I HAVE 50 mental math activities
with pictures for counting, more than/less than, money, time,
etc. plus sequences, including counting by ones, twos, fives
and tens $15.00
PLACE VALUE ALONE & TOGETHER building
3-digit and 4-digit numbers when given mathematics vocabulary
related to place value; 50 activities to do individually and
50 to be done cooperatively with a partner; ideal for starters
or center activities $15.00
POSITIVE MATH AT HOME & SCHOOL, BOOK 1 flash
cards for addition/subtraction, multiplication/division, etc.
plus ideas with cards and dominoes; ideal for home schoolers
$15.00
POSITIVE MATH AT HOME & SCHOOL, BOOK II activities
with dice, tic-tac-toe, logic and mathematical scavenger hunts;
ideal for home schoolers $15.00
PRIMARILY SPEAKING . . . WHO HAS
. . . ? dots, dominoes, shapes and coins for participatory
"Who has?" plus traditional "I have . . .?"
for primary concepts $15.00
PRIMARY STARTERS & STUMPERS 80 estimations
to start the class and 80 problems for daily challenges $15.00
PRIMARY TODAY IS THE DAY FOR NUMBERS number facts for
each day of the school year plus all the ways to show each date
with United States coins $15.00
PROPER PLACEMENT: LOGICAL THINKING 60 reasoning tasks in
linear & matrix format using props involving house numbers,
letters of the alphabet & names; ideal for starters or center
activities $15.00
PROVE IT!: THE "DOING" OF MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS
50 performance tasks for elementary mathematical concepts $15.00
REASON TOGETHER: COMPARE, ESTIMATE & REFINE 36
cooperative activities for estimating, comparing and discussing
related facts: connections with social science and science $15.00
SCAVENGER HUNTS FOR MATH 30 activities focusing on estimation,
approximation, visualization and computation where students match
the answers to the dozen numbered problems; ideal as center activities
$15.00
SEE THE C'S: CLOCKS, CARDS, CALENDARS, COINS, CALCULATIONS &
CONUNDRUMS 180 stumper problems as seen in the world
around us plus 36 puzzled situations $15.00
SEEING AND SHOWING 50 activities
for estimation and counting using circles, tangrams, buttons,
pattern blocks and attribute blocks $15.00
SHAPES & LOGIC: YOUNG GEOMETRY logic with
pattern blocks & tasks for minimum, maximum, & specific
numbers of blocks and colors; ideal for starters or center activities
$15.00
SHOW ME & STUMP ME starters and stumpers for the
very young $15.00
SKILLBOARD MATH cooperative work on boards numbered
0 through 9 for basic skills and vocabulary: before, after, between,
more than, less than, addition and subtraction $15.00
SKILLBOARD MATH, BOOK 2 cooperative work
on boards numbered 0 through 9 for skills & vocabulary: multiplication,
division, fractions, multiple, prime, etc. $15.00
TALK IT OVER problems to encourage students to discuss
their thoughts and solutions; 80 challenges to start the math
period $15.00
TELL ME ABOUT IT 100 open ended situations for
students to write what is known and what might be true $15.00
THINK-N-TOUCH: HANDLES FOR PROBLEM SOLVING 180
daily manipulative problems with tiles, coins, toothpicks, pretzels
plus 36 tangram tasks $15.00
30 CHART: COVERING, COLORING & NUMBERING 82 activities
with primary math vocabulary/concepts and an organized chart
of the first 30 counting numbers $15.00
TILE TEASERS 180 enrichment problems utilizing
our 10 digits $15.00
TILING FOR ALL numerous ways to use number tiles in the
math program from start to finish: includes games from the former
TILE AWHILE and ideas from the former TILING: WINDOWS TO MATHEMATICAL
THINKING $15.00
TILING WORDS WITH A-Z, BOOK I 80 activities
involving plurals, rhyming words, homonyms, synonyms, antonyms,
vocabulary $15.00
TILING WORDS WITH A-Z, BOOK II 80 activities with more
than 600 vocabulary words to be detected from given clues $15.00
TODAY IS THE DAY FOR NUMBERS a fact each day
to relate numbers to the real world $15.00
TRANSLATIONS & EQUATIONS 100 word problems
for equation writing and 100 problems for writing an equation
within a given set of numerals $15.00
TURN OVER TILES TO FIND X 100 activities for listening to
clues and eliminating tiles by turning 9 of them over, leaving
one tile as the X tile $15.00
TWO FOR PATTERN BLOCKS cooperative partner activities
involving geometric vocabulary and concepts utilizing traditional
pattern block polygons $15.00
TWO TOO: PLACE VALUE ALONE & WITH A PARTNER 40
individual and 60 cooperative place value number building from
given constraints; ideal for starters or center activities $15.00
WEIGHT LOGIC 60 activities for finding
individual weight values when total weights are given; if...then...
reasoning activities to encourage explanations of thinking $15.00
WEIGHT LOGIC, BOOK 2 60 higher level/larger number tasks
for finding individual weight values when total weights are given;
if...then...reasoning activities to encourage explanations of
thinking; may be followed up with simultaneous algebraic equation
solving with 2 or 3 variables $15.00
WEIGHT WAYS 54 activities with addition
of single-digit numbers to balance to a specified sum or to create
a balance that meets given criteria $15.00
WHAT IS THE VALUE? VARIABLES FOR THE
YOUNG 90 activities finding possible values for two different
"coins" when a total is given; basic addition combined
with trial & error problem solving strategy & algebraic
replacement of numbers for symbols $15.00
YOUNG DATA DISPLAYS: IF...THEN...THINKING 60 reasoning
activities where children respond by showing a number and 80
activites for informal graphic representation $15.00
